Joel Ivan Brockman

Joel Ivan Brockman

DUNKERTON – Joel Ivan Brockman, 82 years old of rural Dunkerton, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the White Funeral Home, Jesup, Iowa, and for an hour before services Wednesday at the church. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. – Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at Barclay United Presbyterian Church, rural Dunkerton, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Heifer International, Arkansas.

Joel was born on April 15, 1943, on a farm near Westgate, Iowa, the son of Eldo Paul Brockman and Ruth Mildred (Busse) Brockman. Growing up on the farm he worked with his dad's plumbing and drainage business in the summertime. He graduated from West Central High School in Maynard, Iowa, with the class of 1961. On May 24, 1964, he married Linda Meyerhoff at St John's Lutheran Church Bennington, Waterloo, Iowa. Joel worked for Engineered Equipment in Waterloo, and then on to John Deere in Waterloo for 18 years, while contract farming and raising 4 children. He then pursued self-employment with Snap-on Tools, worked for Smitty's Tire and Appliance in Cedar Falls, Wonder Acres Poultry Farms in Dunkerton, then again pursued self-employment with BI Eggs in LaPorte City. Then he started working for Cedar Metal Works in Waterloo until they closed, then Tyson in Independence. Later he retired from Nestle's in Waverly as a maintenance mechanic and operator on April 30, 2012.

Joel's on-the-job training included welding, learning MIG, TIG, spray, stick, and oxygen acetylene methods. His mechanical skills included hydraulic, air logic, electrical, heating, plumbing, cooling, and a working knowledge of tool and die for good trouble shooting skills. He had also completed studies in boiler operations, ammonia refrigeration and electrical training courses. His inquisitive nature and persistence helped him find creative ways to solve almost any problem.

He was an active member of Barclay United Presbyterian Church in rural Dunkerton, where he has served as a Deacon, church Elder, a passionate choir member and soloist. He is also a member of the Friendship Village Singers at Friendship Village.

Joel is survived by his wife, Linda Brockman of Dunkerton; three daughters, Ann (John) Sims of Urbandale, Iowa, Susan (Daryl) Larsen of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Kathy (Steve) Fuller of Johnston, Iowa; a son, Paul Brockman of Ames, Iowa; a grandson, Conor Fuller; three step-grandsons, Zachary Sims, John David (Jade) Sims, III, Grant (Irma) Sims; two step great-granddaughters, Reya Sims and Violet Sims; two sisters-in-law, Beverly Brockman of Cherokee, Arkansas, Jan Brockman of California, and many beloved cousins, nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were, his parents; three brothers, Alan Brockman (in infancy), Rolf Brockman, Ronald Brockman; and a sister-in-law, JoAnn Brockman.

White Funeral Home, Jesup, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.